No one ever said teaching is an easy profession, but coronavirus school closures mean that Blanco teachers are doing more than remotely instructing students in their usual classes. They’re also teaching their own youngsters at home and providing a support system for stressed-out parents.
It’s been a time of learning for three Blanco Independent School District teachers with more than 40 years of combined teaching experience.
Julie Young has taught first grade at Blanco Elementary for ...
Blanco County was made aware Monday of eight individuals in the southern part of the county who had serology (antibody) testing performed over the weekend as a result of exposure to a confirmed case outside the county. All eight tests came back positive.
According to Blanco County Emergency Management, it is important to understand the difference between PCR testing and serology testing.
Marci Henna grew up in Johnson City and keeps up with friends and family here. She and her husband, Louis Henna, understand the challenges faced by Blanco County residents, particularly in current times, with COVID-19.
“We care very much about Blanco County, and the donation is a love gift,” Marci Henna said.
The Blanco County Emergency Services Auxiliary was founded in Fall of 2018 and is a 501 (c) (3) to help lessen the burden of the Blanco County Emergency Services District No. 2 (ESD2).
The mission statement states the “primary purpose of the Blanco County Emergency Services Auxiliary is to reduce the burden of the Blanco County Emergency District No.
Judge Brett Bray called the special meeting of the Blanco County Commissioners Court to order at 9 a.m. on April 28 with commissioners: Tommy Weir, Emil Ray Uecker, Chris Liesmann, and Paul Granberg present. The meeting was streamed via Zoom.
Public comments from Kenneth Welch were heard after the pledge. Welch addressed his comments that were not heard at the last meeting explaining that he was in support of the road and bridge grant application and is pleased that the contract was approve ...
Ben Oakley has been mostly pleased with how Blanco County residents have conducted themselves during the COVID-19 pandemic.
“Overall, Blanco County is doing a fantastic job,” said Oakley, chief of the Blanco County Emergency Services District 2 at the April 21 board meeting held online via Zoom.
There were 15 likely and five confirmed cases in Blanco County as of last week’s meeting.
The Blanco County Elections Commission was called to order at 10:13 a.m. on April 17 by Judge Brett Bray in the Hoppe Room at 101 East Cypress in Johnson City.
Laura Walla, county clerk; Kristen Spies, county tax assessor/collector; Carlette Lewis, Republican Party chair; Terry Casparis, Democratic Party chair; and Kim Ashby, assistant county attorney, were present.
Blanco CoAPT was unable to have its regular April meeting due to COVID-19. However, the coalition is still active and prompting for a healthy community.
Amber Corder, project coordinator, and eight other CoAPT (Coalition of Awareness, Prevention and Treatment of Substance Abuse) members meet on Friday, April 24 via Zoom to discuss several topics.
In 2016, the coalition was awarded the Drug Free Communities Support Program grant.
It started with a text to the gals in the neighborhood. “Hey do you all need masks?” said Rona Bonn, a resident of Rockin’ J Ranch – a 1,064 acre golf-course community located about six miles south of Blanco.
“We were just going to help out the neighbors,” she said, but word got out and this small, neighborly gesture grew into a finely tuned production of a dozen people working together to produce almost 900 fabric masks in response to the COVID-19 crisis.
When 1,035 Blanco students joyously departed for Spring Break last month, they didn’t know they wouldn’t see their teachers again until the next school year.
Blanco Independent School District students have not seen their classrooms since March 13; at that time, no COVID-19 cases had yet been discovered in the county.
